The world's most dangerous
animal isn't a lion, shark, snake or croc: it's the menacing mosquito.
While
many mosquitos are harmless to humans and ecologically important, three groups
of mozzies, the Aedes, Anopheles and Culex, are found almost all over the world
and are responsible for around 17 per cent of infectious disease transmissions
globally.
In a landmark trial working with international partners, CSIRO were able
to suppress the invasive and disease spreading Aedes aegypti mosquito by 80 per
cent along the Cassowary Coast, Queensland.
Millions of non-biting male Aedes
aegypti mosquitoes were reared, sterilised using a natural bacteria and
re-released into the area.
Click through on the link to read the story - Australian science at work - for good! Read more by clicking through below.
Very sharp, smart science!
Our infertile mozzies are now wiping out the invasive
irritants.
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